Perfect Red Velvet Bundt Cake

Submitted by HoogTroos

"I have tried many supposedly good Red Velvet recipes as it is my daughters favorite, but every time they are too dry. I have heard this complaint a lot. This recipe, however, yields a dense, moist cake worthy of any professional bakery. I do recommend using a bundt pan. It seems to turn out a more consistent product. A glaze instead of this frosting is also nice, but this frosting is wonderful. Do not use butter or cake flour in the cake. It turns out dry."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• for the cake

• 1 1⁄4 cups vegetable oil (not butter)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour (not cake flour)
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cocoa powder

• for the frosting (may want to double)

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour bundt pan.
2. In stand mixer combine oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. mix well. In a separate bowl sift together dry ingredients. Gradually add to wet ingredients (slowly at first). Beat until smooth.
3. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 minutes or untill toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack for 30 mins, then turn out onto cake plate to finish cooling.
4. Combine room temp butter and cream cheese in stand mixer, the add vanilla and mix ti fully combine. Gradually add sugar at low speed to combine, then whisk at high speed for three minutes. Apply to cake in preferred method (I like to drizzle it from a plastic bag with the corner snipped off).

Reviews

[kimbimbop]

I made this recipe tonight as I do not like to blind bake anything. It was a trial run for an upcoming event. I just want to say Wow! It turned out absolutely amazing! I made it exactly as written with only a small change. Instead of using liquid red food coloring I purchased wilton's no taste red paste and reduced the amount to 1 tsp. It turned out perfect! My husband said it was the best cake he had ever eaten and he really is not a cake fanatic. I also used my new kitchenaid stand mixer that I just purchased. I am impressed with both the mixer and the recipe. I will make this recipe again no question.

 

[Karie B.]

Red velvet cake ranks high for me, so I'm a harsh critic. And it was amazing! The only thing I'll say is if you make it exactly as instructed, it will be beautiful. (Sugar, which is missing, should be mixed with the oil, buttermilk, eggs, etc...). It was moist, full of flavour and got a room full of compliments at my dinner party! I didn't use frosting, but made a cream cheese glaze and decorated it by hand.

 

[Denise B.]

The cake looked like it should and felt like a bundt. All my baking ingredients were fresh and premium products. Yet the cake smelled like a cake donut and tasted bland . So disappointed since it took sometime to bake and costs of the ingredients ! I've baked a lot of things and this was the worse one for me .

 

[Charles from South]

I made this recipe to bring into a staff meeting at work - it was my turn to bring in something to go along with everyone's coffee or juice. To call the cake a success would be an understatement! Not only did I receive many "Thank You"s for bringing it in, as well as requests for the recipe; but a number of co-workers asked would I make one for them for upcoming family or church functions.

 

[Grayson C.]

Sadly, this cake recipe while moist, had no flavor. Followed the cake recipe as described. Why offer a frosting recipe for a bundt cake? Directions say drizzle over cake, really? It's a frosting, does not drizzle. Too thick and ruined the appearance. I was suspicious based on the lack of liquid in the frosting recipe; I should have known better. Both of us put our folks down and declared this the worst red velvet recipe unfortunately. Waste of time and products.